Senior Developers – Media Transport and Processing. at Techex

Who Are We Looking For?

We are seeking a number of mid and senior developers to work closely with the latest technologies and most progressive broadcasters to push the perceived boundaries of Rust, Node.js, JavaScript and process Gbps of live streaming media data.

As an experienced developer, you will be responsible for working collaboratively to design, develop, and maintain our high-performance and scalable real-time media processing software. You will work closely within the team to build new features, optimise performance, and fix any issues we discover as well as sharing your knowledge and helping to strengthen the team. 

We are looking for developers who love to work as part of a close collaborative team, are extremely self-motivated, take pride in managing their own personal deadlines, and thrive on solving the big challenges. 

The role is a Hybrid so will be a mix of remote working and time in our Bracknell office.

Who are we?

Techex is a UK based global leader in innovative IP and cloud broadcast solutions and software.  Trusted by premier global broadcast and media customers with their most valuable live workflows, Techex transports and transforms the highest value live video over IP and in the cloud.

We both build our own software, and partner with world-class technology companies who share our mission to pioneer the way IP and the Cloud are used in close collaboration with our clients.

Techex are entering a phase of accelerated growth following significant private equity investment, we are evolving and developing our talented team of experts whilst continuing to grow and expand Techex geographically and build on the strong customer relationships we already enjoy.  This is an exceptionally exciting time to be joining Techex with scope for great impact across the organisation.

The Role

• Develop and progress features for our next-generation real-time media transport, processing, and monitoring software.
• Maintain our existing internal and production software products.
• Work within a collaborative Agile framework and participate in daily team prioritisation and organisation, often changing priorities at short notice.
• Review other team members’ code contributions within an Agile development framework, giving feedback, and building and sharing knowledge.
• An opportunity to work with our technical colleagues within some of the world’s major broadcasters contributing to business-critical live broadcasts.

Essential.  To be successful in the role you will need to:

• Demonstrate a high level of competence with Rust, or JavaScript (Node.js). (or C++ in lieu of Rust but with a willingness to develop Rust skills)
• Have a comprehensive understanding of media formats.
• Demonstrable Developer experience contributing to or deeply integrating with at least one commercial or open-source processing software’s such as FFMPEG, GStreamer, Upipe, x264, or other commercial libraries from companies such as Main Concept, Intopix, Fraunhofer or Dolby.
• Experience with source control and collaboration through Git.
• Experience with Linux (CentOS/Linux).
• Eligibility to live and work in the UK.

Any of the Following is a Bonus

• High level of competence with Rust OR  JavaScript OR Bash scripting.
• Deep knowledge of real-time media transport such as SMPTE’s ST2022 suite of specifications.
• Flexibility to adapt to new techniques and languages at short notices.
• Knowledge of networking, UDP, RTP, Multicast and Unicast.
• Good knowledge of Swift or Python
• Experience or desire to help the team grow and strengthen.

Our Values and Benefits

We have just secured Great Place to work accreditation and our core five values of Integrity, Innovation, Family, Customer-First and Expertise are vital to our success.  We seek out individuals who enjoy developing their professional skills and are always learning new things whilst supporting and sharing their learnings with others. 

Techex is entering a period of accelerated growth so we seek out talented professionals who are keen to scale up with Techex as we grow fast.

We have a flexible working policy, and you are empowered to work in a way that sets you up to be successful and deliver the necessary impact in your role.  This will be a mix of time in the UK Headquarters in Bracknell, or at our Leeds Hub and at home.

In addition to competitive salaries and bonus schemes, we offer a package of flexible benefits you can design to suit your needs.

• Private Medical or Healthy living allowance
• Life Assurance
• Company Pension matching up to 5%
• Wellbeing support for you and your family (including bereavement, probate and menopause support, access to virtual GP and more)
• Discounted gyms, family savings and discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• EV charging onsite
• Onsite discounted café and excellent free barista coffee
• Ongoing training and professional development